Aaron wrote: > Am I missing something, or is this a serious bug in Silverlining? > > I don't want to have to back up my data and reformat the entire > drive, and I don't want to spend $50 or more on some better > formatting software. Help!?
You have to use some partitioning program like pdisk in Linux. That's what the 'Free' option is for, setting aside disk space for other formatters to use. Here's some information about pdisk: http://www.mklinux.org/getting_started/preparations/pdisk.html You can allocate that unused space as an HFS partition, perhaps even hfs plus, but if not, create the hfs partiton in pdisk and erase the disk and reformat it as hfs+ in finder. > BTW, is HFS+ the proper disk format for OS X? > Yes. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
